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ESA renews focus on Canary Islands for laser operations24 May 2019
Their winning combination of high altitudes and clear skies make Spain’s Canary Islands one of the world's best locations for astronomy. Now ESA has signed an agreement with the organisation running the Islands’ observatories to expand their role in l...

ESA responding to EU’s REACH chemical law24 May 2019
The EU’s REACH regulation limits the use of potentially harmful chemicals to safeguard European citizens and the environment. But REACH also throws up challenges to Europe’s space industry that ESA is helping companies respond to.

Art from lunar 3D printing contest winner at UK science festival16 May 2019
ESA asked the public a question: what would you ask to have 3D printed, to make a future lunar base seem like home? The winning idea came from an artist with a longstanding fascination with the Moon, whose work forms part of the Ely Cathedral Science...

Sign up for mystery America’s Cup of rocket science02 May 2019
You can now register to join the latest Global Trajectory Optimisation Competition, hailed as ‘the America’s Cup of rocket science’. Instead of navigating the high seas, it challenges the world’s best aerospace engineers and mathematicians to direct a...